The "Hu Die Meng" Bermann - the story of "Hu Die Meng"?

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I only recently came across the Hound and Bermann dolls in a bout of avid doll researching and even more recently came across the "Hu Die Meng" Bermann.

I absolutely love reading about Chinese history and the like and I really enjoy watching the TV dramas about various events in Chinese history. One of my favorite dramas is Bao Qing Tian and the theme song/ending theme song (I forget which since it's been years) for the series is entitled:

"Xin Yuan Yang Hu Die Meng"

The translation for that is "Dream of a Butterfly Couple" and I believe that the song is inspired by Chuang Tsu's story, Zhuangzi. Not surprisingly, upon reading the information on the HDM Bermann, I found out that the inspiration did come from a similar source.

When I saw the "Hu Die Meng" Bermann, the name immediately reminded me of that song and I can't help but think that the song - which is by now an old Chinese classic - was also a possible inspiration for the "Hu Die Meng" Bermann.

At any rate, I thought that the connection was interesting and I thought that I might share it with you all, seeing as how a few of you own the HDM Bermanns.

For all of you, I uploaded the song if anyone wants to listen. It's rather beautiful, I think.

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I've read only part of the dream story, unfortunately, so I honestly don't know. Chinese isn't/wasn't my first language or even second at first, I'm abashed to admit, so reading the texts is a bit difficult for me.

Now that I have more experience, I want to go back and reread the story.

But I wonder why HDM Bermann would be named Hu Die Meng to begin with.

Does the story itself mention Hu Die Meng or no? When I think of Hu Die Meng Bermann, I think of the song itself and the story in the song. I tried googling Hu Die Meng (in the pinyin and in the Chinese characters themselves) and I didn't see many other references that weren't about the song.

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One of the things I love about Anu's dolls is the fact they've opened up a whole new interest. I have one of Anu's first dolls, the San Shin Jujak. With this doll, I had to learn more about the lore and the history of the Chinese and Korean people.

As for why Hu Die Meng..... Anu is picking "guardians" if you will, for her dolls' characters. Shinsengumi kurogatu is another of her dolls. I've been trying to get her to do the "Flower Knights," but no luck so far...^0^

What a lovely song! I love it! ^^ Thank you so much. (I'm sure Anu's heard the song...) ^^